Improvement in safety rein-holds



/AUM

L, BAILEY- sAFETY-REIN HOLD' Patented DBC' 14 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD BAILEY, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY REIN-HOLDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,930, dated December 14, 1875; application filed January 8, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD BAILEY, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements pertaining to a Safety Bein-Hold, of which the following is a specification, reference being had t0 the accompanying drawings, where- Figure l is a side view of my rein-hold applied to a rein. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in central vertical crossseetion, on the planeV indicated by the dotted line a' x. Fig. 3 is a View of the same in central vertical longitudinal section, on plane m2.

This is a device to be applied to, and adjustable upon, the two reins of a horses harness, enabling the driver to get a firm grasp. The hall a is, by preference, spherical, though the form is not essential, mortised centrally for the passage of the rein b, and containing therein the wedge o and the sliding plat-e d. The wedge has some back-and-forth play, limited and defined by the pin e running into the slot o', and plate d has a similar play, limited and defined by the pin f running into the slot d. The Whole device (one upon each rein) is slipped upon and over the end ofthe rein, with the thicker end of the wedge to the rear. When the device is at the right point on the rein a slight movement of the ball a in the direction indicated by the arrow wl wedges the device tightly upon the rein, and no amount of backward pull that the driver can exert will move the ball still farther backward upon the rein until the ball is again moved forward upon the rein. A slight movement forward upon the ball a looseus the device upon the rein for any other desired adjustment The plate d assists the wedging and unwedging of the rein, and prevents its abrasion; but the device will work well without it. I prefer that the material of the ball a be wood or rubber, but this is not essential.

I claim as my invention.

The combination of the ball a, wedge c, and plate al, all substantially as shown and described.

LEONARD BAILEY.

Witnesses:

WM. E. SIMoNns, GEORGE E. NoLAN. 

